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What Matters Most?

November 28th, 2011    -    No Comments

“What matters most” was printed in a fancy red font on the moving boxes set on the curb on trash day. I wondered if that was true for the family who had just moved, that the things that had been in those boxes were what mattered most to them? I wonder if the family everRead the Rest…


In Response to the Death of Osama Bin Laden

May 5th, 2011    -    6 Comments

The day after 9/11/2001 I wrote to my community about the impact of trauma on our hearts and mind and bodies, and how we could, in our own ways each day following these events, take good care of ourselves and each other. What resonates in me after Bin Laden’s assassination, and the subsequent jubilation inRead the Rest…


Making the Call – the Way of the Future

March 3rd, 2011    -    No Comments

With all the texting and tweeting and facebooking, sending an email can feel like an ancient rite. What’s even more archaic, though, is picking up the phone and dialing (remember it used to be a wheel). Who does that anymore? And forget about being in person: gone are the full offices and fights for theRead the Rest…


Resilience

January 20th, 2011    -    No Comments

A well known professor was once asked at a dinner party, “Professor, you have children in different generations. From your experience, what would you say is the most important thing you could teach your kids to thrive in life?” And he answered, “Resilience. The most important skill is having the ability to fail, or fallRead the Rest…


Slow and Contemplative

August 2nd, 2010    -    1 Comment

Yesterday my husband dragged me out on a date. I say dragged because I wanted to stay home and work on my blog and other Seven Stones work. We were intending on going to a concert but beforehand he wanted to stop at a museum that we had heard about and he had free passesRead the Rest…


Taking Scarcity to Work

July 26th, 2010    -    No Comments

I am rushing I am tired I have not slept enough I did not nourish my body or soul when I awoke I jump to the Immediate I focus on the urgent I feel Obligation I have Doubts about my ability I am Hording e-mail I focus on What Isn’t–the wonderful boss, a collaborative teamRead the Rest…


Seems

June 21st, 2010    -    No Comments

It seems like:                I am female and you are other                I am black and you are not                I am middle-aged and you have passed it by or not yet arrived                I am an American and you are not allowed to be                I own two cars and you don’t own anyRead the Rest…


Sufficiency in Failure

May 28th, 2010    -    No Comments

We operate in many instances inside of a designated set of roles in relationship to other human beings: Service provider—customer Coach—client Mother—child Husband—wife Partner—partner Employer—employee When we conjure in our minds eye each of these roles they bring with them a certain set of unspoken yet very real expectations, ideals, ways of being, codes ofRead the Rest…


Is Sufficiency in Modern Life Possible?

May 12th, 2010    -    No Comments

Seven Stones – I and my husband Jon – went to Goat School this past weekend. 120 people from all over the country huddled under a tent in midstate Maine at Stony Knolls Farm … to learn about goats – how to buy, sell, breed, feed, hoof trim, milk, market and love a herd ofRead the Rest…


finitude

April 23rd, 2010    -    1 Comment

We are coming off of the third Global Sufficiency Summit. In truth I have had this sadness lodged in my belly all week, felt tired, and kind of hung over. And what I am most digesting from this incredibly rich two day long marathon dialogue is a conversation we had about death. Ok, I knowRead the Rest…


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